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Mr, JPickering on the Indian Languages, 



the public has a peculiar right to expect from the State of Massachusetts. Our 

 brethren in Pennsjlvania have recently distinguished themselves by their valua- 

 ble publications relative to the Indians, which I have mentioned in the preceding 

 paper, and which may be said to form an era in our American Researches* It is 

 to be hoped that our own State, which may justly claim the merit of having 

 already preserved many invaluable materials for American history, will not be 

 willing to let pass an opportunity, like the present, of adding to its reputation 

 abroad by publishing the work in question j for we may be assured, that nothing 

 would reflect more honour upon the country, and nothing relative to this conti- 

 nent would be more acceptable to Europeans, particularly the German literati, 

 than the publication of such an original document. 



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Page 322. <« Tfie first fruits of these inquirieSy^' &c. 



I have unintentionally overlooked the useful work of the late Dr. Barton, 

 entitled '^JVew Views of the Indian Tribes,'^ &c. of which two editions have been 

 already jpublished, and which it was the author's intention to have rendered still 

 more valuable by an entire revision of it. 



